The Bahamas Girl Guides Association

1915

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I promise that I will do my best:
To do my duty to God,
To serve the Queen and my country,
To help other people, and
To keep the Guide Law.

Bahamas Girl Guide Promise

Email

bahamasgirlguides@msn.com

Phone

+124 23224342

Girls Only

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I promise that I will do my best:
To do my duty to God,
To serve the Queen and my country,
To help other people, and
To keep the Brownie Guide Law

Brownie Guide Promise

Girl Guide Law

A Guide is loyal and can
be trusted

A Guide is helpful

A Guide is polite and considerate

A Guide is friendly and a
sister to all Guides

A Guide is kind to
animals and respects all living things

A Guide is obedient

A Guide is cheerful and has
courage in all difficulties

A Guide makes good use of
her time

A Guide takes care of her
own possessions and those of other people

A Guide is
self-controlled in all she thinks, says and does

I promise to love God and others.

Sunflower Promise

Brownie Guide Law

A Brownie Guide thinks of others
before herself and does a good turn every day.

Development of the movement

Guiding was introduced to the
Bahamas in 1915. In those early days there were only three companies but they
played an important role in the development of girls and young women in the
country.Guiding activities continued from
1915 to 1935, but were then suspended for a time due to a lack of leaders. In
1946, Guiding was restarted in Nassau with the introduction of five units, some
attached to churches and some to schools. In the same year the Association was
visited by the World Chief Guide, who helped to inspire the girls and their leaders.
Over the years Guiding has grown, spreading from Nassau to other islands of the
Bahamas, our Family Islands.The Association’s headquarters
was opened in Nassau in 1952; it is used for training, small residential events
and houses the Guide Shop. In 1968 the first Girl Guides Cookie Week was held
and funds raised helped to build a permanent campsite which was opened in New
Providence in 1974. Cookie Week, now Cookie Month, has become an annual
fundraising event. The campsite has been the site of countless company and
district camps and pack holidays, as well as two national camps and two
international camps.The first National Assembly was
held in 1978. The last National Assembly in 1993 gave the Guides and Rangers
the opportunity to help in the design of new uniforms that were adopted in
1994.